USA upstaged by Aussies, a few Caribbean islands and plucky Kiwis on Per Capita Olympic Medal Tally




The US are speaking an enormous sport and ESPN has been claiming they lead the medal desk even once they haven’t however they’re a good distance behind Australia and a few tiny Caribbean nations within the Per Capita Olympic Medal Desk.

After the Individuals pipped Australia on the ultimate evening of the swimming competitors to win their head-to-head battle 8-7, they’ve been beating their chest about reclaiming supremacy within the pool. 

We’re simply over the midway level heading into the ultimate week of the Video games and USA’s whole of 19 golds nonetheless put them behind China on the medal tally by one.

In the event you imagine US shops like ESPN who’ve intentionally been rating nations primarily based on their total medals, as an alternative of the normal means of rating them by the variety of golds, then silver and bronze medals, the Individuals had been by no means something however No.1.

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USA, USA, and all that malarkey.

However in the event you base the medal tally on a per capita foundation utilizing every nation’s inhabitants, then the US are ranked eighth among the many high 10 nations from the Paris Video games. 

They’ve received a medal for each 4.7 million Individuals with solely Japan (1 per 5.6 million) and China (1 per 29 million) worse off. 

Little previous Australia, not surprisingly with our inhabitants barely above 26 million, are one in all solely six nations who’ve received gold which have extra medals than tens of millions of individuals. 

The Per Capita Olympics – How the highest 10 actually form up

Golds Medals Medals Per Capita
China 20 48 1 per 29 million
USA 19 72 1 per 4.7 million
France 12 44 1 per 1.5 million
Australia 12 31 1 per 852,871
South Korea 11 26 1 per 1.96 million
Nice Britain 10 38 1 per 1.79 million
Japan 9 24 1 per 5.16 million
Italy 7 22 1 per 2.68 million
Netherlands 6 15 1 per 1.17 million

Main the way in which are Caribbean islands Dominica and Saint Lucia with a gold medal every regardless of populations of 73,000 and 180,000 respectively.

Dominica celebrated its first ever medal when Thea LaFond received the ladies’s triple leap on the identical day that Julien Alfred did likewise for Saint Lucia with victory within the ladies’s 100m dash closing.

Matt Ebden and John Peers celebrate their gold medal win in the Paris Olympics men's doubles final.

Matt Ebden and John Friends have a good time their gold medal win within the Paris Olympics males’s doubles closing. (Photograph by Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos)

As they normally do, New Zealand are punching above their weight on the world stage to win seven medals, together with two gold within the ladies’s rowing and rugby sevens, regardless of a inhabitants just a little north of 5 million.

Eire, with three golds, and Georgia for his or her victory within the judo, are additionally on the record of over-achievers.

The Per Capita Olympics – The true winners

Golds Medals Medals Per Capita
Dominica 1 1 1 per 73,000
Saint Lucia 1 1 1 per 180,000
New Zealand 2 7 1 per 746,000
Eire 3 6 1 per 833,333
Australia 12 31 1 per 852,871
Georgia 1 4 1 per 932,000

On the different finish of the dimensions, India have collected a paltry three bronze medals.

That from a rustic with a inhabitants of 1.4 billion. 

No marvel they need cricket within the Olympics. 



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